Tornado, Pike
- When
- April 8, 6:35 PM CST to 7:07 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County, Pike to 1 mi NE of Detroit
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 26.5 mi
- Path width
- 120 yd
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -91.050
Tornado in Illinois, April 8, 1999
After forming on the north side of Louisiana, MO, a tornado crossed the Mississippi River into Illinois and first caused damage to a boat dock along US 54. The tornado tracked northeast along US 54 destroying a barn and downing trees.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LSX wrote it up.
After forming on the north side of Louisiana, MO, a tornado crossed the Mississippi River into Illinois and first caused damage to a boat dock along US 54. The tornado tracked northeast along US 54 destroying a barn and downing trees. The damage along the rest of the path was somewhat intermittent. Trees were downed and an occasional farm building damaged. Significant damage was noted as the tornado tracked northeast from Pittsfield. Just east of Pittsfield, two farms suffered damage. Three barns were destroyed, an equipment building heavily damaged and a grain bin destroyed. About 5 miles east-northeast of Pittsfield a home lost part of its roof and numerous trees were damaged. The last area of significant damage in Pike County was northeast of Detroit. One home lost its roof, a barn was destroyed and 2 grain bins damaged. Numerous large trees in this area were snapped off at the base.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:36 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 8, 1999
- Tornado and Flood in Illinois, April 8, 1999
- Tornadoes in Illinois, April 8, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 8, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 8, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, April 8, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, April 8, 1999
- Hail in California, April 8, 1999
- Winter Storm in Utah, April 8 to 10, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, April 8, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, April 8, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, April 8, 1999
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1999Warnings in Illinois, April 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5693758.